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Sani, F., Madhok, V., Norbury, N., Dugard, P. and Wakefield, J.R.H. 
ORCID: 0000-0001-9155-9683,
2015.
Greater number of group identifications is associated with lower odds of being depressed: evidence from a Scottish community sample.
Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, 50 (9), pp. 1389-1397.
ISSN 0933-7954
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Abstract
Purpose: Group identification has been shown to be associated with reduced risk of depression, but this research has important limitations. Our aim was to establish a robust link between group identification and depression whilst overcoming previous studies’ shortcomings.
Methods: 1824 participants, recruited from General Practice throughout Scotland, completed a questionnaire measuring their identification with three groups (family, community, and a group of their choice), as well as their intensity of contact with each group. They also completed a self-rated depression measure and provided demographic information. Their medical records were also accessed in order to determine if they had been prescribed antidepressants in the previous six months.
Results: Number of group identifications was associated with both lower self-rated depression and lower odds of having received a prescription for antidepressants, even after controlling for number of contact-intensive groups, level of education, gender, age, and relationship status.
Conclusions: Identifying with multiple groups may help to protect individuals against depression. This highlights the potential importance of social prescriptions, where health professionals encourage a depressed patient to become a member of one or more groups with which the patient believes he/she would be likely to identify.
| Item Type: | Journal article | ||||
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| Publication Title: | Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology | ||||
| Creators: | Sani, F., Madhok, V., Norbury, N., Dugard, P. and Wakefield, J.R.H. | ||||
| Publisher: | Springer Medizin | ||||
| Place of Publication: | Heidelberg, Germany | ||||
| Date: | September 2015 | ||||
| Volume: | 50 | ||||
| Number: | 9 | ||||
| ISSN: | 0933-7954 | ||||
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| Divisions: | Schools > School of Social Sciences | ||||
| Record created by: | EPrints Services | ||||
| Date Added: | 09 Oct 2015 10:26 | ||||
| Last Modified: | 19 Apr 2018 10:54 | ||||
| URI: | https://irep.ntu.ac.uk/id/eprint/12836 |
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